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Iranian Minister of Defense Brigadier General Amir Hatami said that Islamic Republic of Iran will export weapons and arms after sanctions imposed against the country are lifted. Speaking on Sunday in a ceremony held on the occasion of National Defense Industry Day, Hatami added, “Iran will use all capacities in …

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry dismantled five spying teams working for foreign intelligence services, deputy intelligence minister for counter-espionage said. “With the help of God Almighty and round-the-clock efforts of the intelligence forces a number of spies linked to foreign intelligence services of arrogant powers were identified and arrested as the strikes …

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the country is currently passing over the peak of the novel coronavirus pandemic. He made the remarks in a ceremony held via videoconference on the inauguration of the biggest medium-density fibreboard (MDF) production unit in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran. “All Iranian provinces, …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that Iran will never forget the martyrdom of General Qasem Soleimani and will definitely strike back at the US. The Prime Minister of Iraq, Mr. Mustafa al-Kadhimi, met with the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khamenei, this Tuesday …

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi arrived in the Iranian capital Tehran on Tuesday noon. Heading a high-ranking delegation, Al-Kadhimi is scheduled to hold talks with senior Iranian officials, including the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei during his visit to Tehran. This is Al-Kadhimi’s first international trip …

Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said that an individual, a Defense Ministry retiree, was executed last week due to his spying for the CIA. Speaking in his weekly presser on Tuesday, he said that Reza Asgari, a retiree of Defense Ministry’s aerospace has been executed after the ruling was …

A misaligned missile battery, miscommunication between troops and their commanders, and a decision to fire without authorization all led to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing all 176 people on board, a new report says. The report released late Saturday by Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization …

In reaction to some rumors about the explosion in the west of Tehran, Governor of Shahr-e Qods rejected the rumors on the explosion in the city. Regarding the rumors about the widespread power outage and the explosion that took place last night in this city, Leila Vaseghi, the Governor of …

Two people were killed in an explosion in a factory in the south of Tehran, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday. “Human error was the cause of the blast in a factory … Two people were killed and three others were injured,” said a local official.

Tehran has built underground “missile cities” along the Gulf coastline, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy chief said on Sunday, warning of a “nightmare for Iran’s enemies”. “Iran has established underground onshore and offshore missile cities all along the coasts of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman that would be …

A massive explosion of a gas tank has occurred in the eastern part of Tehran early on Friday while no casualties have been reported. Images that showed an orange light went viral at around 00:30 am local time on Friday (08:00 p.m. GMT on Thursday). Rumors were circulating that the …

Iranian Navy announced that it has successfully test-launched short- and long-range missiles in a military exercise in the south of the country. In a military exercise dubbed as ‘brave martyrs of Ramadan’ in the north of the Indian Ocean and Sea of Oman on Thursday, the Navy has test-fired short- …

Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami in a phone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart Nazanin Mohammad Sheikh Mohammad said Iran is prepared to develop cooperation with Iraq. Eslami congratulated Sheikh Mohammad’s appointment as the minister of roads and urban development in the cabinet of Mustafa al-Kadhimi. He …

Iran’s newly-elected Parliament Speaker has implicitly rejected any deal with the United States, saying that negotiation with infidels is not allowed in Islam. Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf quoted a verse from Holy Quran on his Twitter page implying that any compromise with infidels is disallowed. «فَلا تَهِنُوا وَ تَدْعُوا إِلَى السَّلْمِ …

Iranian Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian announced on Wednesday that a two-year contract was signed with Iraq to export electricity. Elaborating on the achievements made during his visit to Iraq, Ardakanian said that all contracts for the export of electricity to Iraq have used to be one-year, but during this …

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says museums and historical sites are to reopen on Sunday to coincide with the Eid al-Fitr celebrations that end the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. Holy shrines will reopen Monday, Rouhani told a meeting of the National Headquarters for Managing and Fighting the Coronavirus in …

Two people died and 38 were injured when a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck northern Iran in the early hours of Friday and people fled their homes in panic, state television reported. There were at least 40 milder aftershocks, but no serious damage from the quake that struck after midnight on …

Iran’s Health Ministry says the coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of 55 people in the country over the past 24 hours with the death toll standing at 6,541, the lowest daily increase since the outbreak of the disease over 11 weeks ago. Kianoush Jahanpour, the head of the public …

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned the United States that Iran will not accept any violation of the UN Security Council resolution that mandates the lifting of an arms embargo against the Islamic Republic, saying the country is absolutely entitled to the ban’s cancellation. “The United States and other countries …

The Iranian parliament has approved plans for launching five new free trade zones (FTZ) in north and east of the country. The parliament on Monday allowed the government to prepare the required conditions for developing two major FTZs in Sarakhs and Dogharoun, areas on the border with Afghanistan. Dogharoun, the …